Inauguration of Pennsylvania College President
The piece reports the upcoming inauguration on Thursday 30th with a procession forming at the Court House at 11 o clock. The order includes President elect Ex Clergy band Trustees Faculty Students and others. The event includes an inaugural address and benediction with music by the band. The narrative also notes election results in New Jersey and reflects on Whig and Jacksonian gains.
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Mev
O. Po Krauths
Pennsylvania College
Gwill
Courtiguse
Zens
Fayer
T. C. Miller
D. Gilbert
Young ‘Men's A. Temperance Society
Court-house
Gettysburg
Swirr Re elected Mayor of Philadelphia in unanimous vote
Joan Swirr Esq. has been unanimously re elected as mayor of Philadelphia, securing a solid affirmation of leadership from city officials and residents. The election result underscores continued policy directions and municipal governance under Swirr.
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Joan Swirr, Esq
City of
Philadelphia
Foreign News From Europe and New York Dispatches
Reports from Europe note limited news with London dates to the fifteenth and Spanish frontier reports predicting a protracted civil war. Carlist guerillas disrupt operations despite small numbers. The Cortes censorship issue leaves ministers in a minority but prepared for political reform. Ibrahim Pacha death rumors proved false, Turkiye war plans paused awaiting Russian co-operation. The plague hits Constantinople as John Nell of Germantown dies from a cane blow. Col. Zane arrested. Phil. Gaz.
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Europe
Orpheus
New York
London
London Times
Madrid
Ibrahim Pacha
Syria
Parte
Egypt
John Nell
Germantown
John Zane
Col. Zane
Phil. Gaz
Third election victim James Lamb dies after Moyamensing shooting
James Lamb, shot during the general election in Moyamensing, died at Pennsylvania Hospital. A jury found he died of lockjaw caused by a foot wound from an unknown shooter during the Moyamensing election. The report lists Perry and Nell as other election victims.
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James Lamb
Moyamensing
Pennsylvania Hospital
Perry
Locust Ward
Nell
Germantown
Lamb
Phil
Inquirer
State Legislature After Crimson Wave in Harrisburg Chronicle
According to the Harrisburg Chronicle friends of the administration have elected sixty one Assembly members. The report notes a strong bloc aligned with the ruling faction shaping early session priorities.
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Harrisburg Chronicle
Friends of the Administration
Legislative party strengths on joint ballot reported
A newspaper estimates party balance in government and Congress, citing 86 administration seats to 47 opposition on a joint ballot. It notes a Jackson majority statewide on the congressional ticket of about twelve thousand votes, with the Senate 25 to 8 in favor of administration.
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Senate
Jackson
Phil. Ing
New Jersey Jackson Vote Plunges This Year
In 1833 the Jackson majority stood at 6732. This year it is about 1132, a drop of 5600 votes. Last year eight Whig members in the legislature become at least twenty eight now, marking a Jackson victory in New Jersey.
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New Jersey
Jackson
Grinke dies of cholera while traveling from Cincinnati to Columbus
The Hon Thomas H Grinke of South Carolina died of cholera at Gwynnes Farm about twenty two miles from Columbus Ohio on Saturday the eleventh inst while en route from Cincinnati to Columbus He sought to visit his brother the Hon Frederick Grimke and a judge in Ohio and had spoken at the Erodelphian Society of Miami University and at a Teachers convention. The report also notes advances in a new paper making material and other political and historical items.
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New York
Thomas H. Grinke
South Carolina
Gwynne
Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Frederick Grimke
Erodelphian Society
Miami University
Temperance Report Highlights Drunkenness Tales From Parliament
A parliamentary temperance committee report recounts grim testimony about drink abuse. A widow, aunt of a renowned singer, sold teeth to buy gin after losing substance and control. She later sought a doctor to purchase her corpse for medicinal use, but declined a death-accelerating scheme.
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House of Commons
Long Acre
Murder at Harrisonburg as Hoy Kills Mrs Smoot
Reporting from the Stn Inst Harrisonburg Va an incident ends in the death of Margaret Smoot after Robert Hoy shot her in her home Hoy armed with a double barrel shotgun and a knife exclaimed Mrs Smoot you must die before firing one barrel He was captured by the victim's husband and other locals and held for examination Hoy a thirty year old with a wife and child was jailed awaiting trial in the local magistrate’s court
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Harrisonburg
Robert Hoy
Margaret Smoot
Hoy
Substitute for Linen Material Discovered in Salem
A highly respectable Salem Massachusetts gentleman reports a new patented material found there resembling silk and linen. The communication notes its beauty and potential as a substitute, prompting interest in its practical applications and market impact.
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Salem
Mass
Curious Coincidences Beset Lancaster Couple Brinley Family
An elderly Lancastershire couple named Brinley have ten sons and an equal number of daughters. They report two births in one day, two christenings in one day, two deaths in one day, and two burials in a single day. The wife uses a wooden log chair carved from an apple tree grown from two seeds planted in 1816.
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Lancastershire
England
Brinley
Defeat Acknowledged By Jackson Paper In Franklin County
The Chambersburg Telegraph humorously explains its party’s defeat in Franklin County. It admits a good turnout occurred but attributes the prostration to a lack of votes as the true source of the loss.
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Chambersburg Telegraph
Jackson
Franklin County
Imported Paupers Affects New York Alms House
The New York Alms House Commissioners present a report on pauperism noting many emigrants arrive from England funded by parishes. It identifies the lame blind aged and lunatics among those transported and urges city action to curb shipmasters bringing such passengers to New York.
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New York Alms House
England
Rich in Poverty The Poor Rates Burden England Wales
The article notes the poor rates in England and Wales total 1,700,000 pounds, a sum rivaling Prussia or the United States’ entire revenues, twice Spain, and five times Sweden and Denmark, highlighting a vast fiscal strain on the nation’s poor relief system.
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England
Wales
Prussia
United States
Spain
Sweden
Denmark
The Urselines Establish School at Brimley Palace
The Urseline Convent sisters, displaced by the fire at Charles Town, have found a new home at Brimley Palace in Roxbury, once Gen. Dearborn’s seat. The school will begin in December.
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Urselines
Urseline Convent
Charlestown
Brimley Palace
Roxbury
The Mechanic Deserves Public Respect and Equal Standing
The piece urges respect for mechanics who earn honest livelihoods through industrial work. It condemns aristocratic prejudice that sidelines industrious workers while praising independence and real merit. It argues republican America must cast off old world fetters and recognize the mechanic as a firm supporter of society.
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America
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Counties List of State Senate Applicants
A long list of candidates appears for many counties in Pennsylvania spanning Philadelphia County through York and Adams to Centre and Clearfield. The names cover numerous individuals per county with references to divisions such as Northampton and Lehigh and to prominent figures like Thaddeus Stevens, in a clustered roster likely for a political or electoral roll. The document also notes party opposition indicating anti Jackson sentiment in the Senate by 25 to 8 in the House.
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Senate
Philadelphia
David S. Hassinger
George W. Toland
County of Philadelphia
Geo. N. Baker
Jesse R. Burden
Francis J. Harper
Chester & Delaware
Geo. M. Smith
Francis James
Montgomery
John Mathews
Bucks—Wim
Rogers
Northampton
Lehigh
Wayne & Pike
Jacob Kern
Peter Newhard
Berks & Schuylkill
J. Krebs
Paul Geiger
Dauphin & Lebanon
John Harper
Lancaster
Jacob Hi
Almon H. Read
Bedford & Somerset
Henry H. Fore
Westmoreland
John Klingensmith, Jr
Washington
Isaac Leet
Allegheny
William Hays
Beaver & Butler
John Dickey
Fayette & Greene
John A Langston
Armstrong
Indiana
Jefferson, Venango & Warren
Meek Kelly
Mercer, Crawford
Abraham Miller
Joseph T. Mather
William B. Reed
Joseph B. Smith
Henry S. Spackman
George Hanty
Thomas S. Smith
Lemuel Paynter
Thomas J. Heston
Samuel F Reed
Richard Peltz
Wyndham H. Stokes
Wm. Rheiner, Jr
Thomas Lewellen
Abraham Helfenstein
Delaware
Samuel Anderson
Chester
John Hutchinson
Charles Ecole
F. Pennypacker
David Emmett
Philip Rensha
Perry
Frederick Rinehart
Northumberland
Lewis Dewart
Mifflin & Juniata
Jenoch Beale
William Curran
Union
Ner Middleswarth
Jacob Hummel
Columbia
John F. Derr
Luzerne
Ziba Bennett
Benjamin A. Bidlack
Lycoming
Potter & M'Kean
John A. Gamble
Thomas ‘Taggart
Centre & Clearfield
John Hassan
Alexander Irvin
Susquehanna
Joseph Williams
Bradford &Pioga
Samuel W. Morris
Lockwood Smith
Bedford
Thomas B. M'Elwee
Michael Reed
Somerset & Cambria
Joshua F. Dua
Joseph Imhoff
John Christman
John Hill
James Murray
Joseph Lawrence
David Frazier
Win
Hopkins
Alleghany
Andrew Bayne
James Scott
William Kerr
Malic
Jackson
Jlouse
Election day trick neutralized fourteen votes
A Connecticut man recalls a neighbor a Jackson supporter told a Whig to stay home to avoid harming his business. The plan succeeded as, after the election, it was found the Jackson man had neutralized fourteen votes by remaining away.
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Connecticut
Jackson
Dancing for coffee and a horsehair curtain
A ballroom scene unfolds as a party of ladies and gentlemen perform rhythmic jumps and foot shakes in a playful display. The description notes the performers imitate each other in a sequence guided by a print quip about black Coffee drawing a horse hair across a gut.
Chaos follows sudden collapse of Zad Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning at about 9:40 the Zad Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg collapsed when the basement and upper structure gave way. The brick basement and wooden upper story fell, scattering debris but miraculously injuring none. The sexton narrowly escaped after leaving moments before. The disaster occurred amid severe weather and a scheduled sacamental service the previous evening.
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Lynchburg
Widow of Captain Cook Allegedly Reaches Century Mark
A fragment reports the widow of the famed navigator Captain Cook allegedly alive at age one hundred, noting surviving status of a renowned maritime figure’s spouse.
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Captain Cook
Marriage Notice for Reeves and Beatty in Bucks County
The record notes a ceremony on the 20th at Bridge with ministers Rev. Alexander Boyd and Rev. Henry Wilson. Missionary to the Choctaws of Arkansas, the Rev. Mr. Boyd, assisted by Rev. Wilson, officiated for Miss Sarah Beatty, daughter of Dr. Reading Beatty of Bucks County.
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Téline
Jacob
Nell
Bridge
Alexander Boyd
Henry. Wilson
Arkansas
Sarah. Beatty
Reading Beatty
Bucks County
Death Notices and Clergy Death in Baltimore
In this county to Hanover four miles away lies Jacob Shank in his sixty sixth year. In Baltimore city Sunday morning the sixth instat at half past Ho clock died Janne Wurrrretp Archbishop of Baltimore. The Roman Catholic diocese mourns the loss of a pastor beloved for paternal care, meek manners, and broad esteem among all faiths.
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Hanover
Jacob Shank
Baltimore
Janne Wurrrretp
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